2011 End of Year poll categories

Over the next several days, I will be posting lists of choices for the end of 2011 polls. The current set of polls follows after the jump. Suggest other poll ideas you think should be added in the comments.

  • Male competitve eater of 2011
  • Female competitive eater of 2011
  • Male rookie of 2011
  • Female rookie of 2011
  • Male eating challenger of 2011
  • Female eating challenger of 2011
  • Comeback competitive eater of 2011
  • Eating contest of 2011
  • Competitive eating television program / segment of 2011
  • Competitive eating movie / documentary of 2011
  • Competitive eating book / article of 2011
  • Competitive eating story of the year (not pertaining to a specific contest)
  • Eating contest reporter/photographer/videographer of 2011?
  • Eating contest reporter/photographer/videographer of 2011?
  • Eating contest / challenge raising the most questions?

Here are the current choices for the first two polls:
Male competitive eater of the year

  • Pat Bertoletti
  • Joey Chestnut
  • Takeru Kobayashi

Female competitive eater of the year

  • Sonya Thomas
  • Comments (115)

    115 Comments »

    1. anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 1:23 pm

      why dont you have a poll with a dropdown list of the possible names of haters that constantly leave negative remarks about Seiken

    2. anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 1:26 pm

      Female and Male competitor of the year? who cares and who gives a shit same names nothing new and nothing accomplished . Stephanie Wu and Stephanie Torres should be runners up for best female eater

    3. anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 3:50 pm

      Seiken? is that the man who says that “everybody should rot in hell”, uses language like “foggots”

      I’m just wondering why people may not care for the fella.

    4. anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 4:09 pm

      Most improved competitive eater male and female

    5. Anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 4:47 pm

      Brian Siekin, Val Bromann, Matt Olgethorpe and Don Sturdy for reporter/photographer/videographer of 2011.

    6. Anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 5:33 pm

      1:23 and 1:26 remarks represent the very reasons why Beautuful Brian Seiken is the object of negative remarks. He brings it on himself. Then when people confront him about his negativity and respond with equal sentiment he becomes angry so he makes more negative remarks about others, and that process is repeated over and over. Like directions on shampoo bottles, except instead of lather, rinse, repeat, it’s attack, receive, attack. Seiken has the power to stop it all but he doesn’t want to. He acts like a total jerk. That seems to be what he’s better at than everyone else and he doesn’t want to relinquish that title.

    7. Anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 6:28 pm

      Most successful eater of the year all around with contests, media and tv shows

    8. anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 7:24 pm

      Only one problem nobody has confronted him yet . Why dont you be the first 533 you punk ass coward. No this is not Seiken sorry to disappoint

    9. Anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 7:38 pm

      TV shows does not equate to success. Suzilla proves that.

    10. Anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 8:23 pm

      Funny to see one anonymous calling another anonymous a coward afraid of confrontation.

    11. Naader Reda said

      December 25, 2011 @ 10:36 pm

      Trying to think creatively..

      How about most underrated eater, male and female?
      Best eating team?
      Greatest upset?
      Biggest loss to the CE world?

    12. anonymous said

      December 25, 2011 @ 11:13 pm

      What about you 823? You should talk

    13. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 1:39 am

      7:24. Why the aggressive language? Not nice. ESP at Xmas. Please keep this thread civil. Many thanks and best wishes for 2012.

    14. DaxtheGinger said (Registered April 23, 2011)

      December 26, 2011 @ 2:25 am

      I nominate BB.com for biggest shitshow on the internet and Seiken for “Male competitve eater that didn’t do shit in 2011 but shit where he eats” I look forward to some more private messages on my FB page because I dont run anonymous. see you in 2012 you pickle eating has-been.

    15. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 6:51 am

      Hasn’t Janus, Millender, Sulkin, Male, and CL confronted you either directly or indirectly about similar issues? Your excuse about everyone being a coward is just one more way for you to remain the way you are.

    16. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 7:07 am

      I did talk.

    17. One Visit said

      December 26, 2011 @ 7:12 am

      Dax already knows the score. It takes one visit to bb.com to understand what he excels at.

    18. SPBBBMBBSTBarlow said

      December 26, 2011 @ 8:18 am

      don’t forget best actor/interviewer/eater

    19. SPBBBMBBSTBarlow said

      December 26, 2011 @ 8:19 am

      …and maybe worst ranked eater (got a shot at that one, too)

    20. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 10:40 am

      You want an answer troublemaker here goes. Internet confrontations is an excuse to avoid real life confrontations. Any coward can send a bunch of shit to you via email but wont even look you in the eye in person. Two of the four names did just that. Figure out who they are? Janus was prob the only one that said something to Seiken in person but that was AFTER Seiken extended his hand . He said “whats the point” ? CL never said anything to Seiken or at least he never told me about it. CL is probably the only one with any real class or dignity out of that entire bunch. And who the hell are you ? Why is this any of your business? Do you have anything else going for you in life except for keeping tabs on Seiken confrontations?

    21. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 10:43 am

      Dax Ginger maybe you should check out his site more often and realize that he speaks the truth and is one of the top journalists in the sport today. I will bet that he would bury you in any food category at the table . That last performance of yours competing with a bunch of second rate eaters was pretty lame from what i saw in the video

    22. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 11:25 am

      Read Seiken Christmas message on his website. He puts everything into perspective about this site and the haters that post nasty comments about him.

    23. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 11:50 am

      1043, Seiken? Bury Dax the Ginger in an eating contest? I’ll take that bet. I’ll go farther than that. At least Dax is competitive eating against other competitive eaters. Seiken can’t some beat people pulled in off the street! I’ll go on to say that every large family I know of has one eater who can outeat Seiken. He’s an UNcompetitive eater.

      1040, Crazy Legs did a video without naming names that somebody should refrain from using the internet as a forum for saying derogatory things about fellow comp. eaters. Anybody and everybody except Seiken perhaps knew it was about Seiken, who remains irresponsibe for his actions.

      Seiken seems to get more delusional every frigging year! Is there ever going to be a bottom to his mudslinging and making stupid euphoric comments?

    24. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 12:12 pm

      You should add not only Stephanie Torres to the best female eater of the year list, but also Suzanne French. She’s not the 4th best eater in the world for nothing. Even Dale Boone recognized her for her awesome talent and that says a lot.

    25. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 12:20 pm

      Perspective my ass. Just en excuse to spew more of the same. A Christmas message should be a Christmas message and not whether ot not to apologize to Edible or not because it falls on deaf ears. Face it, the people you pissed off are gone or they would be talking to you by now. Move on and make new friends. Maybe BS can make a move on LA Beast.

    26. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 12:29 pm

      Why don’t you all just leave Brian alone. Let him run his site and if you don’t like his point of view, don’t visit it. These 2 sites can coexist without negativity. It would make the experience better for everyone. I would like to think that we are all mature enough to put and end to the BS. Let’s start 2012 off positively. Please leave Brian alone and he will do the same.

    27. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 12:32 pm

      Apologize to.edible ? For what? What did seiken do to her that an apology should be in order?-If anything she should apologize to him for calling him ugly a.nd that he hasn’t gotten layed since the “Regan” administration

    28. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 12:38 pm

      Bullshit 1150 if you notice in the CL video he was using gavonne as an example by putting his ARM around him during the taping of the video. Jokes on you fool

    29. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 12:39 pm

      Remember the poll Seiken put on his website asking who was going to bang Maria first? Very, very uncool. Then, because of her telling him her thoughts on the issue, she’s on Seiken’s shit list. That is f’****in deranged! He owes her a BIG apology!!!

    30. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 12:40 pm

      1229 it’s because Seiken keeps chiming in about this and that trying to bring attention to himself. Yet, he constantly refers to eatfeces.com. What an asshole!

    31. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 12:46 pm

      Make new friends? For how long? Seiken’s motto, in essence, is: Befriend ’em and attack ’em.

    32. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 12:50 pm

      12:20 I doubt very much Seiken wants those people back.as friends. I certainly wouldn’t from what I have read. There is good and bad and they are anything but good

    33. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 12:52 pm

      Seiken you do not know when to stop. Dax the Ginger Will kick your ass if you keep it up. Nuff said.

    34. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 1:23 pm

      No less than 10 of the anonymous comments above are from Seiken. It’s not too hard to figure out which ones.

      And THAT my friends is why he will continue to get served shit casserole for breakfast, lunch and supper as long as he dines at eatfeats.com.

    35. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 1:32 pm

      Seiken went postal years ago.

    36. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 2:23 pm

      Whenever I need to laugh I remember the “nice thing” Seiken did to recognize the female eaters, as if any one of them really wanted to have anything to do with him. He initially covered seven or eight females and the numbers started dwindling, because according to Seiken they didn’t appreciate the trouble he went through to feature the on his website. If the truth be known I bet secretly Sonya and Juliet wish he would stop doing them “favors” by mentioning them at all. Seiken is damaged goods and any association with him ends up in heartache and everyone knows it.

    37. try him said

      December 26, 2011 @ 3:04 pm

      Seiken will lay a beating on ginger the likes of which he will never forget and I don’t mean eating.

    38. Bank Teller said

      December 26, 2011 @ 3:32 pm

      That’s Seiken’s vocabulary. Always threats but no substance. His mouth writes checks his ass can’t cash.

    39. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 3:47 pm

      304 I have never laughed so hard in my life. Keep them coming. You are great!

    40. DaxtheGinger said (Registered April 23, 2011)

      December 26, 2011 @ 4:27 pm

      Hey I dated an Irish girl for several years, nothing is going to beat my ass harder than that.

    41. Cannot believe my eyes said

      December 26, 2011 @ 5:06 pm

      Anony 2:23 is that all you live for watching numbers on Seiken list dwindle down? This is about competitive eating not about Seiken dropouts. How do you know Juliet and Sonya secretly don’t want Seiken to mention them. ? Get a life or drop dead whichever comes first . Hopefully the latter. What has he ever done to you that makes you so evil? Do you go through everyday life acting this way. If she wanted to have anything to do with him . If she doesnt want anything to do with them? Seiken could probably care less what either of them think. Its a business He’s not dating them. God what hole did you crawl out from under Crawl back in please ???

    42. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 5:08 pm

      You people seem to spend more time focusing on threads that mention Seiken name instead of focusing on the other important threads. The numbers certainly show it

    43. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 5:11 pm

      Just read Seiken Christmas message it puts everything into perspective !
      http://beautifulbrian.com/tak.html

    44. beautifulbrian said

      December 26, 2011 @ 5:31 pm

      OJ the only people that love your site are the ones that hide behind the PC that post anonymous. . The real people of the world, not the fake ones like you, hate it. Juliet Sonya have told me directly that they hate what you represent which is instigation of hate. Juliet and Sonya are proud that both of their names are mentioned on my site. What they dont want is their names mentioned on this site because they told me so and it wasnt about trying to be nice just to get rid of me. . Has Juliet or Sonya ever come on here publicly to deny it? No . I just wish you were present to witness what both of them told me about you and the assholes that congregate here every single day. Since you deleted my post which explained in detail what i just stated , i am repeatubg it again. Get it through your head you are a fake and the people that post on here are fakes just like you. So go ahead and let your sad no life cronies (prob you) continue to instigate and assume that Sonya Juliet or others that i happen to like, want nothing to do with me. Im enjoying every minute of this .

    45. Invertebrate said

      December 26, 2011 @ 5:56 pm

      Seiken how dare you assert that you represent the voice of Juliet or Sonya. Just because they don’t post on eatfeats does not mean they don’t appreciate the work that goes in to it. Yes, the blog is shit because of you! All you pay attention to are the negative posts, but it is a database that took many hours of tedious work to build!

      You conveniently use Juliet and Sonya as scapegoats to try to help your own cause. You know they are both the opposite of what you represent. They do not express their dissatisfaction with you directly because neither wants to hurt your feelings. You really do not give a shit about them or anyone. Only yourself. That is the only thing you excel at. Misrepresenting good people to exalt yourself. Get a backbone man. Those two have ten times the courage that you will ever have. Yet you are not only unashamed, you thrive on using people. I am getting tired of your bullshit!

    46. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 5:59 pm

      That Christmas message is nothing more than a whiners message for losers. He posted it to justify his warped reality.

    47. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 6:23 pm

      508 that’s because Seiken takes shits here.

    48. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 6:28 pm

      Ok Invertebrate a solid point on OJ behalf but Seiken did not bring up Sonya and Juliet names. .Is it fair that 2:23 takes it upon himself to represent the voice of Juliet and Sonya? Fair is fair . He was backed in a corner and you can’t really blame him.. He has been the victim of much tension and turmoil that transpires here every single day.

    49. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 6:30 pm

      This is Seiken’s take on himself (I copied it from his website this weekend.):

      “40. Brian Seiken: What the hell do they want from this guy? All i read about is negative
      comments from assholes that wont post their real name. He has nothing but nice things
      to say about everyone. A pioneer in a journalistic sense. TV personality, Former Pickle
      champ and a great role model for the sport.”

      He’s a worse journalist than my dyslexic half-sister. Role model? For whom? I’m sure Rich Shea damn near died laughing when he read that.

    50. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 6:37 pm

      12;39 Bang who first? What website? You mean blog? He has no blog

    51. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 6:57 pm

      Ha Ha Ha looks like Seiken hit a nerve or maybe some two facers are showing their true colors by tryin to cover up hows they really feel

    52. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 7:48 pm

      Hey 6:30 pm referring to someone as a journalist now a day is an insult . Reporter is a better term for Seiken

    53. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 7:49 pm

      Seiken what went around is coming around. I’m at ease.

    54. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 7:49 pm

      See Seiken does have fans good and bad . 6:30 if you dont like the guy why do you bother visiting his site? Seems as though you just cant get enough

    55. Cant win the war said

      December 26, 2011 @ 7:55 pm

      Look its obvious Seiken thinks he rules this site and unless you stop mentioning the guys name he is going to ruin and hijack every single thread on a daily basis. Like Vietnam or Afganis its a war nobody can win. You strike him he strikes back. You guys dont get it. Ignore Ignore Ignore but you wont because you have to get the last word in

    56. Anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 8:03 pm

      Pal keep it up. I am going to show you a whole new meaning of nerve.

    57. Speak for yourself said

      December 26, 2011 @ 9:09 pm

      When have you ever heard Sonya or Juliet say something negative about anyone? Never. Neither of them roll that way. Both have way too much class than that. If they want to complain, they do it privately. Have they ever been trashed here or elsewhere? Of course, a bunch of times. How do they respond? They don’t – they don’t need to, and they know it. There’s only one person who can’t just let it go and show some dignity, and he feels like it’s necessary to use the names of the finest women in CE to make himself feel better. I’m pretty sure that if Sonya, Juliet and their families were to be brutally honest and wanted to play the “Somebody said something bad about me. I have to defend myself” game, it would be devastating ego-wise. It would be wise to follow their example.

    58. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 9:33 pm

      Maybe this bullshit would stop long time ago if you stop destroying Seiken name. Gotta keep fucking with the guy An eye for an eye and “I” am with him all the way ,

    59. anonymous said

      December 26, 2011 @ 10:44 pm

      I agree with 9:33 . He is not listening to a word you say He views your distorted sense of direction as a ploy to get everyone attention in the hope that fans of this site will abandon his site. That’s basically what it boils down to. When you use words like “he doesnt get it” “self destructive” you are essentially mocking him and destroying his credibility to the point where others might view him as a demented retard. Don’t do that man . Its cruel and its not true at all. . How would you like it if people ganged up on you for irrational reasons that are not even worth getting bothered over. If he is a hater then you doing exactly what he is doing by contributing to the madness. Stop before it gets out of hand

    60. The Arrival said

      December 27, 2011 @ 12:24 am

      BEFORE it gets out of hand? If it’s not that way now what indicator shall reveal that we’ve arrived?

    61. Anonymous said

      December 27, 2011 @ 6:09 am

      Weirdest of all is that I have the feeling that Seiken himself wrote 10:44. Except for the Don’t do that man…but there is a space before the period at the end of the sentence which is his signature……..it does tell how he seems to view criticisms leveled at him. And 9:33 almost sounds like what he would say. It proves further that he has some kind of double view of the world overall. He gets to say whatever he wants, cruel, inappropriate, telling about people’s personal lives, then he gets to spew on here with the same and calls himself the victim.

      He has one and only ONE goal, that is to make eatfeats cease. Then he could happily, in his yes warped view, be the only game in town……well, the only MLE game in town and let’s face it, he is preparing for a fight with them because once again, he is not GETTING what he wants from them either. He’s a GIMME person who will always complain about something no matter what.

      Many people tried ignoring him so that he would go away. No, it does not work. Why? Because when he is ignored, this also makes him crazed so he posts under pseudonyms and tries to egg people on, Hmm, Hmm, and thinks he is so clever, then threatens Hmm or whoever is his special attack for the day or the comment.

      He hates that he is put into the same kettle of fish as Gavonne, thinks he is a saint, Gavonne is not. And the things he has written about so many people, even a whole group, are beyond any kind of commonly held standards of basic not even respect, just plan decency. Then he says, well, wouldn’t you if you were attacked, fight back.

      And even if we all ate shit and died as he says so often he wishes, and even if we accepted without comment being called living abortions, and even if YES, we each wrote our names and were identified for him, he would still not be satisfied and say that he is the victim, we are the unfair attackers. So yes, at this point I do think that there is something basically wrong with him. At the very least, anyone who wallows in his own misery, which frankly, he creates for himself, has some very deep seated problems.

      Now, I am sure that this will have the usual backlash from him. He will dismiss this saying just because so and so writes in an educated fashion, blah, blah, I think this is either blah blah but cannot prove it, unless OJ gives out the IP address of the haters (wouldn’t be difficult according to Seiken, he really thinks that there are only maybe three at most), I am going to sue OJ for allowing haters, OJ will be exposed blah blah, OJ’s sole reason to exist is to steal his material and give people a forum to attack Seiken blah blah, and he will do this in one long never give us a break or a paragraph.

      Then he will attack and attack and attack, go on strike, have a tantrum, then return thinking that he is improving his blog, yes, it is not a website and for heaven’s sake, no one, but no one could ever in seriousness call him a journalist except Seiken himself.

      Let’s sum up Seiken. He has given his efforts, aside from his job which pays him to live and provided by all of us as taxpayers, exclusively to competitive eating for 14 years. He is now universally abhored except for a few friends who I could probably name but will not. Oh why not. Brian Subich is certainly a close and maybe best Bud who gives him information. Bob Shoudt supports him. Until Bertoletti has a falling out with him, while he may not praise him, is not opposed or maybe he did praise him, who could keep track. There may be a few more, but eventually they will have a falling out or be dissed or worse. Sonya will give him praise along with everyone else, everyone, period, amen. It does not mean she likes him or likes what he does.

      Now, if a real journalist publicly called someone Fatso, they would be fired or put on suspension. Unfortunately, because he is so warped, he tries to highjack every thread and succeeds until it gets to an off topic level and then he thinks that he has achieved something special, the more comments, the more he is loved or hated, he does not seem to get the difference.

      I do not know what to do except to write that once again, every comment including this one not related to end of year poll should be moved to off-off-off topic and let it run itself and let those who feel like playing in the shit play with each other.

      Whatever the solution, Seiken is a one person pox on competitive eating, toxic to the sport, and there is no way to make him go away until, for starters, whenever his real or the name he has give himself appears, is not allowed to comment. He isn’t smart like OJ but probably knows how to make up many names for himself and post under those as well as anonymous.

      Soon there will be a New Year. My wish is that OJ will figure out how to deal with this problem once and for all, come to some decision about banning Seiken for the sake of OJ’s efforts and his followers. Yes, if someone has not heard of Seiken or is new to the sport, it is human nature to want to see what the fuss it about. Some may be initially amused, but eventually they will no longer be entertained and someone else may take their place.

      The main place to find information about competitive eating based upon statistics and facts and side by side comparison along with everything, just about everything happening and pertaining to competitive eating and then some, is right here on eatfeats.

      ALLOW ME TO PUBLICLY AGAIN THANK OJ FOR CREATING AND CONTINUING THIS WEBSITE WITH DEDICATION AND ASKING FOR NOTHING IN RETURN AND WISHING OJ AN EARLY HAPPY NEW YEAR. It would be really nice to start out the year with a Seiken free eatfeats. That would be my wish for 2012.

      Now what was the topic here? Oh yes, end of year polls. THANKS OJ FOR YOUR POLLS.

    62. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 27, 2011 @ 7:56 am

      6:09 I certainly cannot disagree with what you say. I always try to look at good things in people, though you sometimes have to wade through quite a bit of muck to find them; but they are always there. So here goes:

      Things I like about BB:

      1. He has a pretty good singing voice—-beats the heck out of mine, as well as that of most others I’ve listened to.
      2. His site, over the years, has brought me considerable joy and laughter, exclusively when he praised (never when he ripped) others via his Bits and Pieces, anecdotes, and self-made videos/tributes to other people. The man can be very endearing.

      My wish for him in 2012 is that he abandons his attack-mode tactics toward others. You rarely go wrong if you try to live by the motto, “If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.”

      Actually, what people don’t say about someone often speaks volumes, and it does so without throwing people under a bus in public. Nobody likes that, even if the bus has good brakes and the bus driver is congenial. Those on the pavement who see the bus coming don’t know that.

      There’s another motto I like and try to live by (with few exceptions): “Praise in public; chastise in private.” It’s hard to go wrong practicing that also.

      It’s so easy in this day and age to get caught up in “one-upmanship,” where people try to outdo one another in public. It’s about being obsessed with attention, as if there’s a finite supply of intangibles in this world like attention, praise, and even love. There is not a fixed amount, nor will there ever be. There’s an endless supply for every person on this earth.

      People that are secure with themselves don’t need to exalt themselves in an effort to garner attention. That’s a game they wisely do not play. Notable competitive eaters that portray that quality are Legs, Sonya, Badlands, Juliet, Larell Marie, Tim Janus, Pretty Boy, and a few others who don’t come to mind right now.

      You know what those people all seem to have in common? They’re happy, and for the most part, at peace. They can teach most of us a lesson, including myself. Honestly, sometimes when I feel troubled I ask myself, “What would do I think Legs or Booker would do right now?” Then I have my answer, which is usually “Don’t sweat the small stuff,” or something to that effect.

      Okay, I’m done babbling, but I hope there are a few kernels of wisdom that we, me included, can use. It’s therapeutic to write down things we know and take for granted. Sometimes seeing our thoughts written out gives us additional insight. It does for me.

      Have a great morning everyone! 🙂

    63. beautifulbrian said

      December 27, 2011 @ 9:24 am

      Isnt this incredibly amazing that one obsessed weirdo has so much time on his or her hands ( i will bet the ranch its a woman) that they are able to compose what appears to be 1500 words or more of sheer bullshit. Lady i might have read 3 sentences before realizing what a hateful sorry ass bitch you truly are. Do you actually think any sane person is going to believe a word you just said except for the morons like you that congregate on this site all day and all night. I just had to copy past a line from the Randy Santel post which sums you up to a science
      “If all you anonymous idiots spent as much time trying to do something with your own meaningless lives, as you do cutting other people down that actually work hard and enjoy what they do, you might actually accomplish something” That about tells it all 6:09 . Saddest part of it all is that you have a gift . A gift in writing . Not that you write well but you certainly spell well. Whats the point its just wasted talent. because my life appears to be your life.

      Maybe you should just move in with me and compose an autobiography of my life since you seem to know so much about me . Its actually pretty boring but im honored to know there is some obsessed screwball out there who is willing to spend so much time trying to figure me out . “space between periods”? Playing Inspector Cloussuau ? Is that what makes you a real woman? . YOU ARE THE ONE THAT NEEDS A LIFE OK? just listen to yourself ? Take the time to read what you just wrote and you will come to realize how much help you really need . I mean a hell of a lot of help!

      Wait a minute i lied . As i was ignoring most of your lies and bullshit about me i did stumble upon your evaluation of my relationships with other eaters which was mentioned in my Xmas message. I know its you because you sit by the computer 24/7 hoping for another falling out between me and another IFOCE member. Well honey those days are OVA . If by some remote chance i have another falling out with anyone including your lovely self, it wont be broadcast on here , on my website or for that matter anywhere else unless you plan to move in with me . Oh by the way i have alot more than a few friends in competitive eating . I just basically rid myself of the bad ones with no intention of “burying the hatchet with any of them” Once shit always shit and that you can take to the bank

      As far as the three names you mentioned Shoudt Subich Bertoletti . All three have two things in common with me . They hate this site and would never post here and all three have been slammed on here at one point in their careers. Certainly not to the extent like i have been but hate is hate and you fit that category to a science.

      Keep wishing for a new year resolution you warped minded FOOL! Im not going anywhere and OJ is not going to fix YOUR problem. He enjoys this childish nonsense far too much to let a bitter screwball such as yourself ruin it.You love every minute of this and you know it because you have no other life besides Seiken. You have no friends you lonely pathetic weirdo.

      What i wish for the New Year is for this site to totally disappear not so much because i want fans of the sport to be deprived of comp eating news, but more so that NO LIFE PARASITES such as yourself would have no other choice but to find another source to vent your sick hatred towards me . That would certainly be hard to find dont you think? .I think that would kill you realizing your voice of hatred is cut off .and that you might have no choice but resort to 2000 word essays to me personally or the IFOCE . But wait a minute you tried that already didnt you ? By the way have a shitty day and a rotten new year HA

    64. anonymous said

      December 27, 2011 @ 9:43 am

      It must have taken 15 to 20 min for 6:09 to compose that comment about Seiken. Those 20 min could have been used in a more constructive way like mowing the lawn, hitting the treadmill or writing poetry. Pretty sad that some people have nothing else going on for them in life.

    65. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 27, 2011 @ 9:46 am

      Sometimes competitive eating, especially MLE, reminds me so much of the WWE.

    66. anonymous said

      December 27, 2011 @ 9:53 am

      There’s another motto I like and try to live by (with few exceptions): “Praise in public; chastise in private.” It’s hard to go wrong practicing that also.

      If the haters practiced what you just said , there would be much less hate on this site and a reason to visit more often. “outdo one another in public obsessed with attention” That describes the Seiken haters !

    67. anonymous said

      December 27, 2011 @ 10:21 am

      I think 609 should get up in front of a drama class and recite that entire passage about Seiken insisting that the students take notes One has to wonder if 609 can project his or voice in the same convincing manner like the one we just read .

    68. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 27, 2011 @ 11:01 am

      Back on topic …

      I do believe you surely must add others to the female EOTY list, to include Juliet, Suzanne French, and Stephanie Torres, at a minimum. Of course, Dale will likely overload the ballot box on Suzanne and she’ll likely win out.

      Good choices for male EOTY. Maybe also include Naader Reda (sorry if I misspelled the name, and hope I didn’t misspell misspell), as well as Randy Santel and Eric Dahl.

      That’s my input.

    69. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 27, 2011 @ 11:12 am

      Hey OJ what about most surprising performance by any eater (on the upside OR downside, both genders included)?

      Grace Lee immediately comes to mind, as does Edible’s turkey performance, and Stephani Torres’ performance in HDBs at the finals.

      Just a thought, however, as I got a bit bored for a moment, since the Web site I need to do some work at is down. 🙁

    70. Anonymous said

      December 27, 2011 @ 11:49 am

      How about who hijacked the most threads!

    71. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

      December 27, 2011 @ 11:57 am

      Naader & Randy will be in the male eating challenger poll and Eric Dahl will be in the list of male rookies.

      I will add Juliet Lee & Stephanie Torres to the woman of the year poll, but not add Suzanne French since there is no evidence she competed in a contest or completed a challenge in 2011.

    72. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 27, 2011 @ 12:03 pm

      I can see your point about Suzanne—-just thought I’d throw it out to be politically correct, so to speak, but I agree with you, actually.

      Oh Lord, 11:49, I don’t want to get on that issue.

    73. anonymous said

      December 27, 2011 @ 12:07 pm

      I can help you with the dropdown 123 Dec 25

      Tim Janus
      Conti Mom
      US Male
      Andrew Lane
      Melissa Savoy
      Will Millender
      Dave Mitolo
      Shredder did i leave out any names?

    74. Hmm said (Registered November 12, 2009)

      December 27, 2011 @ 12:26 pm

      Who are Dave Mitolo, Melissa Savoy and Conti Mom?

    75. Anonymous said

      December 27, 2011 @ 12:39 pm

      Isn’t Dave Mitolo North Pole? I’ve never heard of Melissa Savoy.

    76. anonymous said

      December 27, 2011 @ 12:42 pm

      Yes one of Seiken fiercest and most bitter enemies

    77. beautifulbrian said

      December 27, 2011 @ 12:55 pm

      6:09 you should take Rhonda Evans advice and try to dwell on the good things i have done for the sport instead of trying to find as much negative shit you can find . Why dont you say something nice about my Christmas album on my site which i put together a few yrs ago to add joy to the holidays, Why dont you say something nice about the collection of contest videos i posted with more to folllow.

      . Why dont you say something nice about the top 50 poll i created? No No instead you look to instigate problems with the likeable eaters trying to find any excuse as to why they might or should not like me. “trying to appease him” “im sure they would prefer not having their names associated with Seiken site” “being polite and cordial to him just to get rid of him” Do you realize how much trouble you are causing with those preposterous accusations . Youre primary goal is for everyone in the sport to hate me and nothing more. Just come out and admit it . You hate me and everything i represent because you are on JEALOUS pathetic fool.

      I can just imagine how you went about your life before the advent of PC’s My god you must have sat next to your typewriter with your legs crossed foaming at the mouth, pulling the paoer from the typewriter , and mailing those vicious hate letters to each and every one of your enemies. I am positive i am not your only enemy in your miserable life.

    78. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 27, 2011 @ 12:56 pm

      I’m really sorry to hear that. I hope everyone gets along better in 2012. … I really mean it.

      I’ve always felt that one of the biggest tragedies in life is for two people to dislike each other, as a result of not taking the time to try to understand one another.

      Not trying to understand each other is a cop out; it’s easy. It takes more effort to really try to get to know the good side of a person, but it pays much larger dividends.

      I can’t believe others don’t feel similarly.

    79. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 27, 2011 @ 12:58 pm

      Hey OJ, I’m suppose to let you know that WordPress 3.3 is now available (per a message when I logged back in).

    80. strange said

      December 27, 2011 @ 1:07 pm

      what is funny is that not one of those names Seiken mentioned have contributed anything to the sport and are not major league eaters

    81. the great gavonne said

      December 27, 2011 @ 1:54 pm

      How about ‘Best CE video’? I nominate “a day at coney” at http://www.youtube.com/muzixan

    82. Anonymous said

      December 27, 2011 @ 2:11 pm

      Golly Gee, 6:09 is checking back in and did not say any of this. “trying to appease him” “im sure they would prefer not having their names associated with Seiken site” “being polite and cordial to him just to get rid of him” and his editorializing……….Do you realize how much trouble you are causing with those preposterous accusations .” Yeah, maybe, just maybe, its a party of about six. Or 20. May be you should Just take comments under advisement Seiken, think before you spew, in the end you might be happier. And people like me could see and acknowledge good things you HAVE done. Jeeze Louise….what is so hard for you to understand about this?

    83. beautifulbrian said

      December 27, 2011 @ 3:57 pm

      My goal for 2012 is to make 609 one of my biggest fans. I love challemges

    84. anonymous said

      December 27, 2011 @ 8:33 pm

      The best solution is for everyone to try and get along. Let OJ do what he does and the same for Seiken

    85. Melissa Savoy said

      December 28, 2011 @ 12:07 am

      I’m Melissa Savoy. And imagine my surprise at being called out as a “hater” of someone to whom I’ve never been anything but polite, considerate and helpful. At his request, I’ve videotaped contests for Beautiful Brian that were posted on his website, at the cost of my own photos of the event. I happen to be engaged to an eater, who, apparently, is a target of Brian’s ire. For what reason, I have no idea, as I am not a reader of this board. This is the first post I’ve ever made here because I’ve heard about how nasty the comments and accusations get and I really have no desire to add that drama to my everyday life.

      I enjoy the contest events and spending time with the eaters in the purely social aspect. I find it interesting that some “anonymous” poster knows me well enough to call me by name and accuse me of hating. If you’re going to make such a claim, be a sport and use your own damn name. It’s only fair I know who you are, since you seem to know me.

    86. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 28, 2011 @ 6:39 am

      Melissa, thanks for posting. That’s good stuff.

    87. Anonymous said

      December 28, 2011 @ 6:42 pm

      How naive Melissa is.

    88. beautifulbrian said

      December 28, 2011 @ 8:33 pm

      One new year resolution you can take to the bank is that from now on any personal conflicts I have with a major league eater will never be broadcast on my site or anywhere where the sneaky little no life yentas that congregate on this site can find out about it

    89. Anonymous said

      December 28, 2011 @ 9:24 pm

      Are you also one of those Yentas Brian?

    90. Dong said

      December 28, 2011 @ 9:32 pm

      Whos Melissa Savoy?

    91. Anonymous said

      December 28, 2011 @ 9:52 pm

      Well isn’t that nice of Seiken.

    92. anonymousi said

      December 28, 2011 @ 11:55 pm

      Now just a minute . Seiken is not a yenta . He might report yenta type news but that doesn’t mean he is a certified yenta

    93. Anonymous said

      December 29, 2011 @ 2:35 am

      Seiken is an uber yenta, the poster child for a yenta, no he is a poster child for a child, just the kind of child you do not want in your sandbox or classroom. He has no scruples or morals, eat those words Shmuck Seiken.

    94. Anonymous said

      December 29, 2011 @ 3:53 am

      Brian can post what he wants. It is his site. Let it go.

    95. Hmm said (Registered November 12, 2009)

      December 29, 2011 @ 9:37 am

      Brian can post anything he wants on his site. It is on this site that I object to his postings. I hope that is objected to, in the past, and that he can go forward from now on on this site posting without his previous negativity. There are degrees of everything. He could contribute a lot here if he chooses to.

    96. anonymous said

      December 29, 2011 @ 9:41 am

      2:35 what are you ? A poster child for a hater that can never be rehabilitated is the best way to describe a bitter bitch like you . What is the obsession with classrooms and sandboxes.? When you were a child did some mean little kid kick sand in your face or knock down the sand castle you built? When they found you out for the Shmuck you truly are, i bet it was well worth it

    97. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 29, 2011 @ 9:58 am

      BB does have a lot to offer. He is a walking encyclopedia of CE knowledge—-a veritable guru in the field.

      I appreciate him most when he posits his thoughts objectively.

    98. I love BB! said

      December 29, 2011 @ 10:44 am

      So Rhonda you are saying you don’t appreciate him since he doesn’t posit his thoughts objectively.

    99. beautifulbrian said

      December 29, 2011 @ 11:28 am

      I always thought of hmm aa a reasonably intelligent chap that understands my point of view unlike a few others that just hate seiken PERIOD. Let OJ Rifkin do his thing . I’ll do mine. No more who posted this first and who posted that first. I’ll say whatever has to be said about anyone or anything in the sport that doesn’t sit well with me but personal beefs or public slamming of an individual on my site will hopefully be avoided . I don’t think its fair to them and will cause nothing but more misery and tension

    100. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 29, 2011 @ 11:35 am

      10:44, I didn’t say that at all. I said, and I quote, “I appreciate him MOST when he posits his thoughts objectively.” There is absolutely nothing negative about, in, or surrounding what I said.

      Your spin on it / chosen misinterpretation represents one of the reasons BB dislikes the comments of many anonymous posters on this site.

      I challenge you to adopt and follow through on one of former President George H. W. Bush’s proclamations: Be a kinder and gentler anonymous poster!

    101. BB gets the shaft said

      December 29, 2011 @ 1:13 pm

      Seiken cannot report the local news if MLE keeps him out of the NYC scene. He can always show up at an event but he feels as though he has to be in it to win it .

    102. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 29, 2011 @ 2:00 pm

      Then it’s MLE’s loss. But he can always let us have his take on such doings.

    103. Hmm said (Registered November 12, 2009)

      December 29, 2011 @ 3:04 pm

      I am confused by the previous postings. Why does the poster or BB feel as though he is getting the shaft in NYC? I thought he always worked back and forth as an eater and reporting on the contests, so if he isn’t in a contest, he can still videotape them and write his own take on it. What is wrong with that?

    104. I love BB! said

      December 29, 2011 @ 3:17 pm

      Like most anyone who lays foundations for something and then gets passed by, he feels he is entitled to something. Sort of how Lerman feels he is entitled to something.

    105. anonymous said

      December 29, 2011 @ 3:57 pm

      Please if Seiken got half of what they gave lerman I doubt he’d bitch

    106. Rob Lowe said

      December 30, 2011 @ 5:44 am

      I think OJ should have a poll to see whose blog people like more, Andrew Lane’s or Brain Sickins.

    107. Anonymous said

      December 30, 2011 @ 8:05 am

      Come on people, just because Seiken posts idiocy sometimes, do others have to continue it. Hard to know who is behind all of this nonsense but really, it is not entertaining whether you are Seiken getting his name here or others making fun of him. It trashes the whole thing which is what he wants. Write to him directly.

    108. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 30, 2011 @ 8:30 am

      Hey Rob, have you ever grown beyond that 1988 sex scandal, involving those two teenage girls? What about the more recent situation with the nannies whom you claim caused you “emotional distress?”

      Those are the only things that “sickin” me right now. You can ill afford to be throwing stones while you reside in tornado alley.

    109. anonymous said

      December 30, 2011 @ 8:56 am

      Would not surprise me if Jake from San Francisco an old time Seiken hater , left those “sicken” comments posing as Arnie Chapman & Rob Lowe. Another one Seiken should have added to the suspect list of no life harassers

    110. Hmm said (Registered November 12, 2009)

      December 30, 2011 @ 9:03 am

      As usual, Rhonda precedes me and has my back. You have a big set Rhonda, and it is much appreciated. Come on people, get with a new program. These comments referring to Seiken and Lane etc. are a very dirty broken record, whether they come from Seiken himself or others who dislike him intensely. Enuf! Enuf said. Take a page from Bookers Book but with one correction. “It” is definitely and absolutely not all good. Stop reacting and behaving badly, people will hear you better.

    111. anonymous said

      December 30, 2011 @ 9:09 am

      Hmm by alluding to the fact that “whether they come from Seiken himself” is sort of stirring the pot once again. According to a previous comment it seems as though Seiken was trying to make up with you but instead you insist on blaming him for comments he probably did not post

    112. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

      December 30, 2011 @ 9:29 am

      Hou said a mouthful Hmm! (I only preceded you, because I have an earlier opportunity to respond.)

      I think if people who make such negative comments toward others spent as much time addressing constructive issues they’d be much better off.

    113. Hmm said (Registered November 12, 2009)

      December 30, 2011 @ 10:17 am

      Thanks Rhonda. 8:56 too, stop encouraging this nonsense. Let Seiken make his list if he wants to, write to him directly. He has said right here that he intends to do positive things from now on. Let’s keep to that path.

    114. no brainer said

      December 30, 2011 @ 11:57 am

      Arnie and Rob Lowe comments came right after someone mentioned Don Lerman getting plenty from MLE. Its obvious as to who that was . Not Jake from whereever

    115. anonymous said

      December 30, 2011 @ 12:04 pm

      Anonymous said
      December 30, 2011 @ 8:05 am

      Come on people, just because Seiken posts idiocy sometimes, do others have to continue it. Hard to know who is behind all of this nonsense but really, it is not entertaining whether you are Seiken getting his name here or others making fun of him. It trashes the whole thing which is what he wants. Write to him directly.

      They wont write to him directly because one on one privacy will not gain attention and that is what they want ok?

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